Decapoda - Brachyura - Leucosiidae - Persephona

Persephona lichtensteinii Leach, 1817



World Distribution
Magalhães et al., 2016 - Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil (from Amapá to Santa Catarina). 9-35 m in Takeda (1983)
(Sasaki, 2019) - WA including: Venezuela, Suriname, Guianas and Brazil (Amapá to São Paulo), 9-70 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 9-70 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Trinidad). 9-35 m. WA.
Persephona finneganae - Ratbhun, 1937: 161, Trinidad - Persephona finneganae Rathbun, 1931 accepted as a junior synonym of Persephona lichtensteinii Leach, 1817 (see Magalhães et al., 2016).

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Persephona finneganae – Durand, 1959: 32, French Guiana [R/V ORSOM II; det. Guinot-Dumortier]. — Guinot-Dumortier, 1959: 434, French Guiana [23–25 m]. — Coelho, 1971, table 1: Brazil Amapá [Also north of Pará]. — Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 183, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1986: 74, Brazil Amapá [0–100 m]. – Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá [Also Guianas]. In Magalhães et al. (PLOS ONE, 2016), Persephona finneganae Rathbun, 1933 is now accepted as Persephona lichtensteinii Leach, 1817 (also in WoRMS, 2023).

Persephona lichtensteinii – Holthuis, 1959a: 181, Suriname, French Guiana [9–35 m]. — Coelho, 1971, table 1: Brazil Amapá. — Takeda, 1983: 115, Suriname, French Guiana [30 m]. — Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1986: 74, Brazil Amapá [0–75 m]. — Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá [Also Guianas]. — Melo, 1996: 152, Brazil Amapá. — Melo et al., 1998: 448, Brazil Amapá. — Silva et al., 1998: 89, Brazil Amapá [75 m]. — Le Loeuff & Cosel, 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana. — Braga et al., 2005: 3, Brazil Amapá [In distribution]. — Coelho et al., 2008: 15, Brazil Amapá. — Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [10 lots in MNHN, e.g. MNHN-IU-2013-2401, st. CP4344, 26/07/2014, 47 m, at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2401]. — Magalhães et al., PLOS ONE, 2016: 12, Brazil Amapá [MNRJ 328 (2 males reported as P. finneganae); MZUSP 8575 (1 female ov.); MNRJ 1456 (1 male, 1 female reported as P. crinita)]. — Cintra et al., 2017: tab. 1-6, Brazil Amapá [bycatch of shrimp fisheries, 0–4°N, 27–47 m]. — Silva et al., 2020: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.

Persephona crinita – Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1986: 74, Brazil Amapá [5–91 m]. — Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá [Also Guianas]. — Melo, 1996: 151, Brazil Amapá. — Melo et al., 1998: 448, Brazil Amapá. — Lima & Martinelli-Lemos, 2019: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá. Doubtful records in Magalhães et al. (2016, PlosOne); the distribution of P. crinita Rathbun, 1931 is limited to the Gulf of Mexico; perhaps Persephona lichtensteinii, instead.

Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 9–70 m.

Comment(s) on data
A color photograph of this species is in Takeda (1983: 115).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database